Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 23/98, of 12 of February

Decree-Law no. 144/97 of June 7, acknowledging the obvious relevance of civil defence activities in the domain of fire prevention, detection, surveillance and fighting operations, reduced the charges for the use of the radio spectrum for the (...)

Official Portuguese version published in D.R. number 36 (Serie I-B) of 12 February 1998

Presidência do Conselho de Ministros (Presidency of the Council of Ministers)

Resolution

Decree-Law no. 144/97 of June 7, acknowledging the obvious relevance of civil defence activities in the domain of fire prevention, detection, surveillance and fighting operations, reduced the charges for the use of the radio spectrum for the National Civil Defence Service, Regional Civil Defence Services of the Islands of the Azores and Madeira, the National Fire Fighting Service, the National Medical Emergency Institute and the Portuguese Red Cross.

In light, however, of the diversity of other entities which participate in the domain of fire prevention and fighting operations, and/or the provision of pre-hospital emergency aid in the Autonomous Regions, the said Decree Law referred the identification thereof to a Council of Ministers' Resolution.

This identification process is now being realised, without prejudice to being updated whenever considered necessary.

Accordingly, pursuant to the terms of sub paragraph g) of article 199 of the Constitution and no. 2 of article 1 of Decree-Law no. 144/97 of 7th June, the Council of Ministers has resolved that:

The following entities should be considered to be entities participating directly in fire prevention, detection, surveillance and fighting operations, as well as the provision of pre-hospital emergency aid in the Autonomous Regions, for the purposes of the conditions of Decree-Law no. 144/97 of June 7: